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| - The night started out with us arriving right at 6pm (our reservation time), and being stuck in line behind a few other families. The hostess had to keep alternating between talking to customers on the phone through her headset, and serving people in line. Maybe they were understaffed, but she looked like she was used to having to do both jobs at once, which really slowed down the line. Despite making a reservation and only getting to the hostess about 10 minutes later than our reservation time, we still had to wait for another 15 or so minutes, which I found rather unprofessional. However, aside from that, our service was great and experience memorable.
First, the food. Man, was there a lot of it. We got the rattlesnake and prickly pear appetizer. Probably because it's snake, but the meat was in super small pieces, and I felt like I was just eating a lot of breading that I didn't want. The pieces of meat that were bigger had a chewy texture that I quite liked. The prickly pear tasted strange, in my opinion, but I hear it's not for everybody.
For my entree, I ordered "Some of this and some of that," which included 3 steak medallions (not very big, but definitely enough food) 3 large fried shrimp, corn on the cob, and rice. My steak was cooked perfectly, and the rice was delicious as well. The shrimp was overdone, and there was too much breading for my liking, however. I would recommend getting them grilled instead (or get another side altogether, I'm just partial to shrimp). In addition, we were served a house salad to share, a bowl of "cowboy beans" (which were delicious!), 4 pieces of frybread, and 2 biscuits. The frybread and biscuits came with an amazing cinnamon butter, which I highly recommend. We didn't realize that getting leftovers packed up was an option, so we left quite a bit of uneaten food, but we know now for next time! There's also complimentary cotton candy at the end of the night, but we were too full and didn't want any. It looked like some other tables really enjoyed it though!
Our table wasn't right next to any windows, but I could still enjoy the views from where I sat, which were spectacular. I also got to watch the family next to me celebrate the birthday of their 7 year old little girl. The guy who made her a balloon and chatted with them awhile seemed to really make her day, so that was also cute to see. There was also a live band, that we were seated pretty close to (which I was nervous about), but the volume was just right.
All in all, it was a good and memorable experience. But now that I've done it, I don't think I need to do it again.
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